Strikes start this Saturday (1st October) when ASLEF (train drivers), the RMT (on board and station staff, and Network Rail signallers) and Unite (engineering staff) are on strike.
This will be followed by further strikes on:
- Wednesday 5th October – ASLEF
- Thursday 6th October – TSSA (GWR management staff including our control centre)
- Friday 7th October – TSSA
- Saturday 8th October – RMT
There will be no service whatsoever on strike days on the majority of the GWR network.
A full list of where GWR are able to operate trains each day is available on the dedicated strike page www.gwr.com/strike. These will be extremely limited and will start later and finish much earlier than usual. Advice to customers is to only travel if absolutely necessary and make alternative arrangements. The strikes will also impact the start of service on Sunday 2 October and Sunday 9 October and no rail replacement services will run throughout.
GWR teams are working hard to get journey planners updated as soon as possible with the revised timetables in areas where services are running. They have listed the date that specific timetable information for each day will be available on www.gwr.com/strike, along with information on refunds and use of tickets on alternative dates.
If you can share this information and the webpage www.gwr.com/strike with your networks that would be greatly appreciated.
